085-GWNM-0004
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-GWNM-0004
Author Observation Code	085-GWNM-0004
Location Fields:	MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
Location Accuracy	25 m
Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	38 º
Longitude	-77 º
State or Province	Virginia
Named Places	county: Westmoreland region|state|province: Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	10 x 10 m
Area	100 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	1 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, flat) º
Slope Gradient	0 º
Topographic Position	plain/level/bottom
Landform	tidal flat
Hydrologic Regime	tidal - regularly flooded
Soil Moisture Regime	hydric
Soil Drainage	very poorly drained
Water Salinity	unknown
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	11-Sep-2002
Observation End Date	11-Sep-2002
Project	Virginia Heritage
Cover Method	Carolina Vegetation Survey
Stratum Method	No Strata
Method Narrative	Releve Virginia Division of Natural Heritage, see http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/documents/nh_plotform_instructions.pdf
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?	no
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level	(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Field Height	75 m
Field Cover	95 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Tidal marsh along Bridges Creek. Locally abundant Spartina patens with Scirpus americanus scattered in stand. Grades into adjacent area of Spartina cynosuroides with a Phragmites patch about 200 m away.

Taxa occurring on this plot-observation
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ord Author Plant Name Original Interpretation, full Scientific Name Original Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Original Interpretation, Common Name Original Interpretation, USDA Code Current Interpretation, full Scientific Name Current Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Current Interpretation, Common Name Current Interpretation, USDA Code Stratum Cover Original Cover Code Basal Area Biomass Inference Area Stems: Stem Diameters (graphically): 1 Spartina patens Spartina patens **   Spartina patens **   Spartina patens **   Spartina patens **   Spartina patens **   Spartina patens **   Spartina patens **   Spartina patens **   -all-   87.5 % 9       -none- 2 Distichlis spicata Distichlis spicata **   Distichlis spicata **   Distichlis spicata **   Distichlis spicata **   Distichlis spicata **   Distichlis spicata **   Distichlis spicata **   Distichlis spicata **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 3 Pluchea odorata Pluchea odorata **   Pluchea odorata **   Pluchea odorata **   Pluchea odorata **   Pluchea odorata **   Pluchea odorata **   Pluchea odorata **   Pluchea odorata **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 4 Persicaria punctata Persicaria punctata **   Persicaria punctata **   Persicaria punctata **   Persicaria punctata **   Persicaria punctata **   Persicaria punctata **   Persicaria punctata **   Persicaria punctata **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 5 Cyperus filicinus Cyperus filicinus **   Cyperus filicinus **   Cyperus filicinus **   Cyperus filicinus **   Cyperus filicinus **   Cyperus filicinus **   Cyperus filicinus **   Cyperus filicinus **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 6 Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus **   Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus **   Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus **   Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus **   Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus **   Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus **   Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus **   Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 7 Hibiscus moscheutos Hibiscus moscheutos **   Hibiscus moscheutos **   Hibiscus moscheutos **   Hibiscus moscheutos **   Hibiscus moscheutos **   Hibiscus moscheutos **   Hibiscus moscheutos **   Hibiscus moscheutos **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 8 Schoenoplectus americanus Schoenoplectus americanus **   Schoenoplectus americanus **   Schoenoplectus americanus **   Schoenoplectus americanus **   Schoenoplectus americanus **   Schoenoplectus americanus **   Schoenoplectus americanus **   Schoenoplectus americanus **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 9 Ammannia latifolia Ammannia latifolia **   Ammannia latifolia **   Ammannia latifolia **   Ammannia latifolia **   Ammannia latifolia **   Ammannia latifolia **   Ammannia latifolia **   Ammannia latifolia **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 10 Spartina cynosuroides Spartina cynosuroides **   Spartina cynosuroides **   Spartina cynosuroides **   Spartina cynosuroides **   Spartina cynosuroides **   Spartina cynosuroides **   Spartina cynosuroides **   Spartina cynosuroides **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none-
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